What Exactly Is Jim Sterling Reviewing? Not Much Apparently

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twesterm said:

Spagoodle said:

I'm going to do this one last time for those of you who don't know what the fuck you talking about.

Developers do not send retail copy's to reviewers. Reviewers have things call debug kits. They download the game from a service like PartnetNet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartnerNet or the file is sent directly to them. WHEN YOU PLAY A GAME ON A DEBUG THERE ARE NO TROPHIES/ACHIEVEMENTS.

You guys can keep ignoring the facts. those screen shots prove nothing but how far he played it on a retail copy. For those of you who still can't figure it out he didn't review it based off of that play through. You guys are wrong and are talking out of your ass. When you take a shit on someone integrity you should try to not talk absolute shit in the process.

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You're partly right, it depends on who is reviewing it, the game, and when they review it.  Since the game was actually finished long ago I would be willing to bet they just sent him a retail copy early.

Speaking to some of the review staff here, it's a mixed bag. Torillian usually gets a early retail copy, but there have been times where he got a special version that did not have trophies.